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Homalomena!\ 
H. curvata Engl., seems to me another slight variation of this species. 
It was obtained by Engler on Weld's Hill, Kwala Lumpur. After searching 
the whole hill I could find nothing there but common and typical H. 
ccerulescens. 
(5) H. deltoidea Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 536; Ridl. Mat. iii. 25. 
Stem short, erect. Leaves ovate cordate acuminate with a 
shallow sinus or deltoid, ovate, lobes rounded, 6 in. long; petioles 
slender, i ft. long, sheath 2-5 in. long. Peduncle 3 in. long. Spathe 
I in. long, cuspidate not constrict. Spadix .shorter, hardly stipitate. 
Male portion clubbed, broad, -5 in. long. Female nearly as long. 
Hab. Forests. Johor, Giinong Pulai (Ridley). Perak (Scortechini). 
(6) H. humilis Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 533; Ridl. Mat. iii. 25; 
Engler, Pflanzenreich, l.c. fig. 27. Calla humilis Jack, Mai. Misc. i. 
No. I, p. 22. 
Small plant, stem erect, 1 in. long. Leaves ovate cordate, 
velvety-looking, pustular beneath, dark green or red; nerves 20 
pairs; edge irregularly notched, 3 to 4 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; 
petioles 6 in. long. Spathes numerous; peduncles 75 in. long, 
cylindric, beaked, *5 in. long, red or green. Spadix 75 in. long, white. 
Male portion as long or twice as long as female. Female flowers in 
five spirals, short styled. Base of spadix not nude. Hab. Generally 
on banks in forests at 1000 ft. altitude upwards, but sometimes 
lower down. Selangor, Bukit Kutu; Semangkok Pass. Bindings, 
Jainuit. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Gunong Keledang; Gimong Batu 
Putih (Wray). Penang (Wallich); Hill (Ridley). 
var. vcUitina Ridl. l.c. H. velutina Hook. fil. l.c. 534; Engler, 
l.c. fig. 28. A larger form with deep red spathes and leaves beneath 
bright red; petioles short. Hab. Selangor, Batu Caves; Petaling; 
Weld’s Hill. Perak, Sungei Rayah (Kunstler); Biijong Malacca. 
var. undulata Ridl. Petioles long slender; nerves less conspicuous, 
edges of blade undulate. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan; Telom 
(Ridley). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(7) H. purpurascens Schott, Bonplandia, 1858, p. 369. H. 
pumila Hook. fil. F.B.I. vi. 535; Ridl. Mat. iii. 26. H. pygmsa 
Engler, Pflanzenreich, l.c. 34, fig. 15. 
A dwarf plant with ovate or elliptic-ovate acute or blunt leaves, 
deep olive green above, red beneath; nerves 3 or 4 pairs; 1-5 to 
3 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles slender, i to 4 in. long, red. 
Peduncles ’25 to *75 in. long, slender. Spathes oblong, bases broad, 
tip blunt, cuspidate, red, -5 in. long and nearly -25 in. through. 
Spadix stipitate, hardly -5 in. long. Male portion three times as long 
as the female, white. Female portion with three or four whorls of 
flowers. Staminodes none or very small, shorter than the ovary. 
Hab. Dense forest, common in the south. Singapore, Bukit Timah. 
Johor, Gunong Pulai; Batu Pahat. Malacca (Hervey). Negri 
Sembilan, Gunong Angsi (Burkill). Perak, Ipoh. Bindings. 
var. pumila Hook. fll. Leaves, petioles and spathes green 
Commoner than the original H. purpurascens and growing with it. 
